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Edward Tufte forum: Links, Causal Arrows, Networks

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Here are some ideas on linking lines and causal arrows from a draft of some material from my Beautiful Evidence. The chapter suggests methods for showing linking lines and causal arrows, and also demonstrates ideas for assessing the credibility of various links. That is, the links themselves are taken as explanatory evidence. Note the typographic design of the organization chart which replaces the conventional design of bureaucrats-in-boxes. Four previous threads have discussed technical details of a few parts of the chapter: Barr Art Chart Feynman Diagrams Cladograms Lombardi I'd be grateful for helpful comments. = -- Edward Tufte ET happy visit to Feynman's Feynman diagram van In California last week, I gave a talk at Caltech for the Skeptics society. They asked what I expected for an honorarium; I replied the opportunity to take photographs of Richard Feynman's van, painted with Feynman diagrams. My good host, Michael Shermer, knew where the van was stored in Los Angeles. In

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